God's best

Why would I settle for anything less

than God’s perfect will and His very best?

No indeed! I will listen and do as He says

forsaking my own will to enter His rest.

I have opinions that are quite my own,

a strong will and mind directs where I go,

yet, in an instant I’ll forget all I’ve known

and follow a new course that He will show.

The lessons I’ve learned I can not deny,

in this relationship with my Father on high.

Sometimes I still wonder, and even ask why,

but the outcomes all seem to end in a contented sigh.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Questions

There is a darkness on my mood

and though I know it isn’t good,

I seem to wallow and to brood

Why would I in this darkness stay

when I could choose to go away

and to embrace the light of day?

Because the answer wasn’t found

and questions seemingly abound

and this has made my mood unsound

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
You may prefer to follow the traveling blog, A Pretty Tourist.
For more crafty ideas and great product reviews, visit A Pretty Talent on Facebook.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
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Repeated Prayer

My Father God, come hear my plea

take heed to what You hear and see,

I have no new request to bring

but merely the same repeated thing

that I have brought to You before,

but I need to bring it here once more.

I know that You have heard my prayer,

so in a sense it seems unfair

that I should harp upon it still,

if I already know Your will,

but Lord, my heart still aches with pain

and that is why I’m here again.

I know You do not mind my being here,

that You hold my every heartbeat dear,

and I find such comfort in Your care;

Your presence gives me strength to bear

the time between answer and request

while I wait for Your very best.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
You may prefer to follow the traveling blog, A Pretty Tourist.
For more crafty ideas and great product reviews, visit A Pretty Talent on Facebook.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
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God's approval

It is a very splendid thing

to stand before the King of kings,

to know that He approves of you

and He affirms the things you do.

To bring Him all you’ve done and said

each day before you turn to bed

and hear Him say that you’ve done well,

is better than any words could tell.

But oh! what sadness would be mine

if what I’d done did not seem fine,

if I denied Him by word or deed,

if I had sown corrupted seed.

Yet, my Father smiles down at me

releasing the bonds to set me free

for His burden and yoke is light indeed

and of my guilt He has no need.

It’s in this release that I abide

close to my Father’s loving side,

for it’s a pleasure to serve my King,

a purely joy-filled easy thing.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
You may prefer to follow the traveling blog, A Pretty Tourist.
For more crafty ideas and great product reviews, visit A Pretty Talent on Facebook.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
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Imagination of an author

Last night I saw a man on high

he soared above the purple sky

he was the man upon the moon

he wouldn’t come here very soon

In the morn’ I saw a girl adrift

but then she swam away real swift

she was a mermaid, did you know

I had no choice but let her go

I then bent down at a mushroom

which was being swept with a broom

when the man saw me, he scuttled away

nothing I did would make the dwarf stay

I found a fairy on a petal

painting it to shine like metal

I passed a unicorn in the field

but though I called, it would not yield

All these wondrous things I’d seen

will never be, and have never been

but I conjured them up just for fun

to make your life a more pleasurable one

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
You may prefer to follow the traveling blog, A Pretty Tourist.
For more crafty ideas and great product reviews, visit A Pretty Talent on Facebook.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
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Five worms

Yesterday I had seen a worm

not one, but really there were five,

and though this wasn’t new to me,

I learned from this, God was alive.

When I bent down over the first,

He told me there would be four more

and as I plodded along the path,

God Himself was keeping score.

I learned something about His will,

about how He would always intervene,

I learned how He would not back down

once He decided what should have been.

As I walked and talked with Him,

I learned that my help was not required,

that God would see the whole thing through

with no assistance from me acquired.

In the end I had seen five worms,

but these I did not really get to know

for it was to God that I was introduced

in this spectacular nature show.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
You may prefer to follow the traveling blog, A Pretty Tourist.
For more crafty ideas and great product reviews, visit A Pretty Talent on Facebook.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
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The ruin

I want to walk where others walked,

think the thoughts that others thought,

and as I put my foot upon this stone

I want to know what made this home.

I see the rubble all around it

where previously love abounded

and I wonder what has failed man here,

was it truth, or was it fear?

I wish that I could be here then

when the house caved to the will of men,

but as a I stand upon this site,

I am witness to a desperate plight.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
You may prefer to follow the traveling blog, A Pretty Tourist.
For more crafty ideas and great product reviews, visit A Pretty Talent on Facebook.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
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